Representative John Yarmuth (D., Ky.) described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech as being “straight out of the Dick Cheney playbook,” accusing him of fear-mongering and demanding a “perfect” deal.

“This speech was straight out of the Dick Cheney playbook,” Yarmuth said at a press conference after the speech. “This was fear-mongering at its ultimate.”

Yarmuth characterized Netanyahu as saying that “the only acceptable deal was a perfect deal, or an ideal deal” before deploying a William F. Buckley, Jr. adage.

“‘Idealism is fine,’ as William F. Buckley once said, ‘but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive,’” Yarmuth said.

Netanyahu criticized the deal under negotiation for allowing Iran to maintain its current nuclear weapons infrastructure and for including a sunset provision that would lift restrictions on the program in 10 years.